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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1922
Page
4
High Point fans prepare for the last games as the Pointers end their season in Bramham circuit play. The Bulls meet the Herndonites at Welch field tomorrow, with both teams moving to Durham for the final pair of games Friday and Saturday.
The Charleston Pals and Wilson Bugs surge in the championship race with a 8 to 3 tie yesterday afternoon in a South Carolina city. The Virgini a permant winners are favored to clinch the honors as both clubs push hard.
Workers are erecting extra bleachers at Peter Park for the High Point and Durham post season series. The first game is set for Monday at the local baseball emporium with subsequent games in Durham on Wednesday and Thursday. Officials expect large attendance and high interest as fans predict a High Point triumph.
Two homers lift Babe Ruth to 31 round-trippers this season as he shows power at the plate. He remains unable to top Ken Williams and Rogers Hornsby's single-season records despite strong hitting.
Thursday will be Herndon day as Harding Herndon leads the Pointers against the Bulls in a post season series. preparations for the observance are underway and local club officials expect a memorable event in High Point baseball history.
Manager Herndon will receive gifts and long green from fans who turn out en masse Thursday. The local pilot will accept anything offered with appreciation, as supporters hope to make Herndon Day a memorable tribute.
Bullet Bolt, High Point's speed artist, shut down the Patriots after 15 hits and 14 runs indicated. Bok endured a tough day as the exhibition game unfolded with several pitchers tested.
Greensboro supporters rally behind High Point in the pennant race and hope the title stays near Guilford County as fans plan to attend games and watch High Point against Durham Bulls in the series.
New Bern officials report all three city schools prepared for fall opening on Monday September 18. Superintendent H Smith confirms every teaching position is filled across the three local schools.
Greensboro beat the Patriots 14 to 2 in seven innings at Gate City. Mollie Cox hit two home runs and a double in four at bats, Bolt issued seven walks, Mickie O Quinn pitched seven hits allowed, and Thrasher doubled for Pointer. Heavy rain delayed play and darkness ended the game.
The Greensboro Patriots visit Welch field to honor Rube Eldridge on a day expected to draw record crowds. A pennant out of reach, they still seek pride with high energy as the Piedmont league wraps up its 1922 season.
Durham report states Paul Dannelly received an indefinite suspension for fighting with umpire Sid Tarper during Friday’s Durham Danville game. Dannelly was fined five dollars plus costs for assault and battery. umpire Harper was fined three dollars and costs for assault and battery wearing a mask.
In Danville on September 12 the Danville and Durham game halted by darkness at 2-2 in the fifth inning after a rain delay. Rodgers and Bond pitched with only three hits off Rodgers while the local pitcher allowed fever.
Tokyo reports July exports to the Chinese republic at 23,707,000 yen and imports at 12,759,000 yen, yielding an excess of 10,945,000 yen. Year to date exports total 190,889,000 yen and imports 95,949,000 yen, with exports up 380,438,000 yen and imports down 607,000 yen, a net excess of 94,440,000 yen.
The note describes a journey titled Great Trip From the Land of Sunsets Going Great and mentions Cincinnati Infield as a product of the other side of the continent. It reads like a travel or feature snippet with unclear connections. The wording implies a regional or promotional tone about travel or regional pride.
By Billy Evans the article argues the Pacific Coast League is close to the majors and Cincinnati Reds filled three 1919 World Series infield vacancies with Seattle’s Sammy Bohne Oakland’s Babe Pinello and San Francisco’s Caveney. Bohne a McPhee successor Wagner comparison for Caveney and Pinelli’s solid defense for Mora highlight a youthful rebuild around Daubert at thirty seven.
The readable text is highly fragmentary and does not provide a discernible event, person, or organization to summarize into a news item with a clear lead.
The Raleigh Capitals beat the Twins 5 to 2 in Winston-Salem. Key plays came in the second and seventh innings with multiple hits and stolen bases. O'Hara, Lennox, Curry, Nance produced hits, and Johnson, Duncan, Shannon contributed on defense and base running.
Ruth belted two solo home runs, his 30th and 31st, in a New York versus Philadelphia game with no runners on base. The drives came off Naylor in the fifth inning and Schilling in the eighth. The item notes the statue of Miles Standish was struck by lightning and ends with an offhand aside about a flapper.
Wilson and Charleston clubs, leaders of the Virginia and South Atlantic leagues, travel to Wilson for game five in a dramatic series. Yesterday in Charleston the rivals fought to a 6 3 tie halted by darkness after ten innings. Attendance battles will decide future games as Wilson’s opener drew more fans than Charleston.
Potomac Public Service Co announces a large hydro electric plant costing about 800000 to be built near Edes Fort Morgan county West Virginia after acquiring rail holdings. The plan includes a 105 foot high dam forming a 25 mile long lake with 5000 acre flood area and 700 feet crest, supplying power to factories within 75 miles and requiring road and bridge rebuilds.
Thursday will be Herndon Day at the local baseball park as Ar thur Lyon announces. High Point fans are expected to attend the game in large numbers to honor Manager Harding Herndon for building a winning ball club. Gifts will be presented to show the esteem of Furniture City fans.
Results show Winston-Salem 2, Raleigh 5. Danville 2, Durham 2 in a five inning game called for darkness. Greensboro 14, High Point 2 ended after seven innings due to darkness.
National update notes New York at 7-7 and Boston at 6-6 with no other games on the schedule posted.
Washington defeated Boston 12 to 2 while Philadelphia beat New York 9 to 4 and Detroit topped Chicago 4 to 5 with rain affecting the Chicago Cleveland game. St. Louis posted a 5 to 2 result in their matchup.
Birmingham defeats Atlanta 12 to 3, while Little Rock beats Nashville 12 to 8. Only two games scheduled.
Syracuse 3 Toronto 6 Baltimore 8 Newark 2 Rochester Buffalo rain interleague results with multiple city matchups and weather notes.
Statesville Sept 12 County Farm Agent R W Graeber and eight south Iredell farmers returned from an automobile tour of boll weevil infested sections of South Carolina. The pest’s appearance in the county prompts study of conditions and control methods for next season.
Salisbury September 12 Rev A C Tippett pastor of North Main Street Methodist Church departs for Trinity College for a two year course to further prepare himself for the ministry.
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